My Niece Susanne

My Niece Susanne (German: Meine Nichte Susanne) is a 1950 West German musical comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hilde Krahl, Inge Meysel and Harald Paulsen.^[1] It is set in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century.

My Niece Susanne
German film poster
German	Meine Nichte Susanne
Directed by	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by	Wolfgang Liebeneiner Hans Adler (operetta) Alexander Steinbrecher (operetta) Eugène Labiche (play) Philippe Gille (play)
Produced by	John Olden Friedrich Pflughaupt
Starring	Hilde Krahl Inge Meysel Harald Paulsen
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski Alexander Steinbrecher
Production company	Sphinx-Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	5 May 1950 (1950-05-05)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Production

It is based on an operetta of the same title written by Hans Adler (based on Eugène Labiche's Les Trente Millions de Gladiator) with music composed by Alexander Steinbrecher [de]. The operetta had previously been made into the unfinished 1945 film Die tolle Susanne [de] by Géza von Bolváry.

It was shot at the Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

Cast

• Hilde Krahl as Susanne de Montebello
• Inge Meysel as Blanche, ihre Freundin
• Ingrid Pankow as Nina, ihre Zofe
• Harald Paulsen as Jean
• Gerd Martienzen as Eusebius
• Karl Schönböck as Don Manual Carcocastilla
• Carl-Heinz Schroth as Pedro, sein Diener
• Hans Leibelt as Gratin, Zahnarzt
• Alice Treff as Frau Gratin
• Käte Pontow as Bathilde
• Werner Finck as Dubouton
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Oscar, Friseur